diff --git a/newsfragments/746.bugfix b/newsfragments/746.bugfix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4eddc21db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/newsfragments/746.bugfix
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+``FormatSMVRigakuSaturnNoTS``: Fix a bug in reading the image pedestal from headers.
diff --git a/src/dxtbx/format/FormatSMVRigakuSaturnNoTS.py b/src/dxtbx/format/FormatSMVRigakuSaturnNoTS.py
index 92fae506e..b0eb68bb3 100644
--- a/src/dxtbx/format/FormatSMVRigakuSaturnNoTS.py
+++ b/src/dxtbx/format/FormatSMVRigakuSaturnNoTS.py
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ def _detector(self):
             pixel_size,
             image_size,
             (min_trusted_value, max_trusted_value),
-            pedestal=float(self._header_dictionary.get("IMAGE_PEDESTAL"), 0),
+            pedestal=float(self._header_dictionary.get("IMAGE_PEDESTAL", 0)),
         )
 
     def _beam(self):